REVIEW YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION This week inside the LGBTQ Success Syndicate, we are focusing on how to make our businesses more visibly inclusive. Today, we begin with the first thing every potential customer, client, employee, collaborator, or community partner experiences: Their first impression of your business. Before someone contacts you, schedules a consultation, visits your location, or makes a purchase, they are often looking for clues. - They may visit your website. - Scroll through your social media. - Read your About page. - Look at your photos. - Check your reviews. - Study your services. Notice the language on your forms or booking page. And whether we realize it or not, those details are communicating something. The question is: Does your business clearly communicate that LGBTQ+ people are welcome? Being inclusive is not only about what we believe privately. It is also about what people can clearly see and experience when they encounter our business. A company may genuinely support LGBTQ+ customers, but if that support is invisible, vague, or only mentioned during Pride Month, a potential customer may still be uncertain about whether they will be respected. That uncertainty can affect whether they trust us, contact us, recommend us, or spend money with us. Look at your business with fresh eyes. Pretend you know nothing about your company. Visit your website and social media profiles as though you are a brand-new customer. Then ask yourself: - Do the images reflect different identities, relationships, families, ages, body types, races, and abilities? - Does the language feel welcoming, or does it make assumptions about gender, relationships, or family structure? - Does the About page communicate your values? - Are pronouns included where appropriate? - Does your mission statement mention inclusion, belonging, accessibility, or respect? - Would an LGBTQ+ customer see evidence that they can safely be themselves? - Is your commitment to inclusion visible throughout the year—or only during June?

Happy Friday Syndicate Fam! It's the Freakin' Weekend once again and I hope you had a successful week. On Fridays we like to celebrate our member's personal and business 'Wins of the Week,' and I hope you had a couple great one's. Let us know in the comments along with your game link. Today for a little fun, we are playing "Rainbow Referral Roulette." After you share your Wins for the week, or even if you don't have any to mention, each member should drop their business link in the comments below. Then the next member must comment on the post directly above theirs with a referral idea, collab idea, or warm intro suggestion. (You don't ONLY have to do the person above you, you can do multiple people above or below if you want, but AT LEAST do the one Above You! Have fun with it and enjoy your weekend everyone........S

🐣 Friday Wins of the Week 🐣 Happy Friday, Syndicate! Before you hop into the weekend, let’s celebrate those wins... big, small, messy, or magical. Fridays are the perfect time to pause and recognize what went right this week. Drop one win from your week in the comments, then answer this fun Easter question: Would you rather find an egg filled with $100 cash or one filled with unlimited free coffee coupons for a month?“ I think you know my answer, LOL. Let’s cheer each other on and see what kind of Friday energy we’re bringing into Easter weekend!

Hey Everyone, Hope you are ready for an amazing weekend ahead. For a great watch this weekend and if you missed them, You can catch the replays of the @Richard Jones led conversation on Monday's Success Chat, where we talked about advertising and using resources, and paid media vs earned media. Also @Danielle Morris spoke with us in Thursday's Success Chat about Pricing for your products and services. Both replays are available on the "Discussion Forum" tab. I'm still looking for members to lead next week's Monday and Thursday's chats, message me if available and you have a topic you want to talk about.

I did something very scary last night... I went through all of my subscriptions, YIKES! The sad part is that I started with only my business one's, I'm saving the personal subscriptions til this weekend, and am NOT looking forward to it. How many subscriptions do YOU have? Most people, myself included, think they need a ton of expensive tools to start growing online. They don’t. In fact Most people overpay before they ever get paid from their business. I used to sign up for every tool I saw on all my socials, forgetting about the one 3 purchases ago for the next shiny thing. Let’s fix that today. Here are some tools I have had success with and you can to. Here's my Success Syndicate 3-Level Tool Stack I think will work for most people (and a 4th) Instead of throwing 10 tools at you… here’s the only framework you need: For Starters: (And For Under $70/month) Your Goal: Visibility & First Revenue - "Tella" or "Loom": Record quick authority videos - "Magai" or "Galaxy AI": Your Goal: Multiple AI Access, Create Content and Ideas Faster - "Stan Store": Your Goal: Monetize Strategy From Newsletter to Course Creating Reality Check: You can build a real business for less than a night out of dinner and drinks Are You Ready to Grow: ($100–$200/month) Your Goal: Consistency + Smarter Strategy - "Metricool": Your Goal: Scheduled Posting and Track What’s Actually Working - Possibly Upgrade: Go the next step on your Starter Tools as Revenue Grows Mindset Shift: You stop guessing and start tracking… and start scaling. Scale Your Business To The Top: ($200–$500/month) Goal: Full Systems and Automation - "Go High Level": Your Goal: Creates Funnels, CRM, automation Outcome: Now you’re building a machine, not just posting content. But Here’s the Truth Most “Experts” Won’t Tell You: You can start for $0–$30/month - Use free plans - Focus on consistency - Make your first $1 BEFORE upgrading anything Just Take Your Action Step Today: